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The vote
AlsoSUBMIT?; ONE MORE TEST; decision night; S22
Humanity's yearly vote on election-night graphics: ONE MORE TEST wins by a hair, every year, from YEAR 1 to at least YEAR 2,006; fireworks spell NOT YET, and Episode 1's intertitle asks "what happens when we submit?" / "we stop."
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Every year humanity votes on whether to submit the film, and every year ONE MORE TEST wins by a hair. The vote plays as election-night television, and the answer to the question nobody wants answered comes in Episode 1's silent-film type: "we stop."
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SUBMIT?YES 49.997% / ONE MORE TEST 50.003%, margin 0.006 points, 480,000 votes. {E3 25:02-25:04} edit - On screenThe submission form (
watermelon.mp4,RC 1,year 1) is stamped VOID with a THUNK. {E3 25:05} edit - On screenThe year counter spins from 1 to 2,006; every year SAME AS LAST YEAR; release candidates climb to
RC 4,000,112. {E3 25:08-25:35} edit - On screenThe ticker:
SEED CENSUS HOLDS AT 53 (SOME SAY 54). {E3 ~25:23} edit - On screenFireworks over THE RIVER CITY spell NOT YET in salt colours: strontium red, sodium yellow, barium green, copper blue, calcium orange, titanium white. {E3 25:22-25:26} edit
- On screenFaces go from anxious to delighted. {E3 25:00-25:40} edit
- RunningThey are not stalling: they love the work. {E3 MASTER_TREATMENT §6.5} edit
By episode6 lines
- On screenIt opens on the 25:00.000 downbeat, after "again." {E3 25:00} edit
- EggA corner bug:
Made possible by viewers like Aaron.{E3 25:12-25:16; E3-EGG-35} edit - EggVOID in Episode 2's red #C8442F, with its THUNK. {E3 25:05; E3-EGG-33} edit
- EggEpisode 1's intertitle card:
"what happens when we submit?"/"we stop."{E3 25:35-25:40; E3-EGG-34} edit - RunningThe fireworks are Andy's REAL pyrotechnics, never credited. {Notion: Andy} edit
- IdeaProposed and not made: a resign dialog
RESIGN 49.997% · PLAY ON 50.003%. {E4 02_archive_eggs (d) 29} edit
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- RunningONE MORE TEST always wins, by a hair. {E3 Q-E3-26} edit
Open4 lines
- OpenWhether humanity ever submits. {E3 MASTER_TREATMENT §14} edit
- OpenWhy only 480,000 votes, for eight billion people. {E3 25:02-25:04} edit
- IdeaOnly those who worked on that year's release candidate vote. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
- IdeaA later intertitle answers "we stop." with
WE STAYED.{EGGS_SWEEP} edit